{"id":1080222,"date":"2021-12-03T10:59:24","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T15:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1080222"},"modified":"2021-12-03T10:59:27","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T15:59:27","slug":"smolletts-attorney-claims-judge-lunged-at-her-demands-mistrial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/smolletts-attorney-claims-judge-lunged-at-her-demands-mistrial\/","title":{"rendered":"Smollett\u2019s Attorney Claims Judge \u2018Lunged\u2019 At Her, Demands Mistrial"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsmolletts-attorney-claims-judge-lunged-at-her-demands-mistrial%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1080222&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On Thursday, one of the attorneys defending Jussie Smollett claimed that the judge in the case, Judge James Linn, \u201clunged\u201d at her in court, according to The New York Post. Smollett\u2019s attorneys also asked the judge to declare a mistrial, which he denied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe odd fracas came in the midst of the defense\u2019s cross-examination of Olabinjo Osundairo, who claims&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/12\/02\/abimbola-osundairo-and-jussie-smollett-were-dating-prior-to-attack-defense\/\">he was paid to help Smollett stage the hate crime<\/a>, as attorney Tamara Walker grilled him about his alleged homophobia and past derogatory remarks toward suspected gay men,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/12\/02\/jussie-smolletts-lawyers-claim-judge-lunged-at-one-of-them\/\">The New York Post<\/a> reported. \u201cOsundairo, 30, had just acknowledged he used the word \u2018fruity a**\u2019 to refer to a man he suspected was gay and Walker asked if Smollett, who is openly gay,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/12\/01\/jussie-smollett-trial-witness-abimbola-osundairo-says-actor-staged-entire-attack\/\">knew he\u2019d said such things in the past<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chicago Tribune criminal courts reporter Megan Crepeau outlined what happened next, tweeting, \u201cJudge Linn tries to hustle things along, saying Walker is getting into something \u2018collateral.\u2019 She asks for a sidebar, the jury is sent out of the room, and she asks for a mistrial \u2014 in part because of the \u2018collateral\u2019 comment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Judge Linn tries to hustle things along, saying Walker is getting into something &#8220;collateral&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She asks for a sidebar, the jury is sent out of the room, and she asks for a mistrial \u2014 in part because of the &#8220;collateral&#8221; comment<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Megan Crepeau (@crepeau) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/crepeau\/status\/1466522909594292228?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Crepeau continued, \u201cWalker is also saying that Linn lunged at her during a sidebar: \u2018You did physically lunge at me.\u2019 Linn seems furious and is denying it outright.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Walker is also saying that Linn lunged at her during a sidebar: &#8220;You did physically lunge at me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Linn seems furious and is denying it outright.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Megan Crepeau (@crepeau) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/crepeau\/status\/1466523472797089794?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fox News correspondent Matt Finn echoed, \u201cRight now court is paused. Smollett attorney asked to compose herself. She claims judge lunged at her. Judge says he stood up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Right now court is paused. Smollett attorney asked to compose herself. She claims judge lunged at her. Judge says he stood up.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattFinnFNC\/status\/1466526088507527168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Crepeau added, \u201cChaos. Lots of cross-talk and people interrupting each other and high emotions. But essentially: Linn is denying the motion for a mistrial, is denying he lunged at anyone. \u2026 Linn is denying he made faces, denying he lunged at anyone, and definitely denying the motion for a mistrial. He was about to bring the jury back into the room but instead they\u2019re taking a bit of a recess.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">chaos<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Megan Crepeau (@crepeau) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/crepeau\/status\/1466523979187777539?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lots of cross-talk and people interrupting each other and high emotions. But essentially: Linn is denying the motion for a mistrial, is denying he lunged at anyone.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Megan Crepeau (@crepeau) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/crepeau\/status\/1466524363528806404?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Linn is denying he made faces, denying he lunged at anyone, and definitely denying the motion for a mistrial. He was about to bring the jury back into the room but instead they&#8217;re taking a bit of a recess.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Megan Crepeau (@crepeau) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/crepeau\/status\/1466525503440015371?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Walker\u2019s fellow defense attorney Heather Widell accused the judge of visibly \u201csnarling\u201d when he sustained an objection from the prosecution, claiming, \u201cI\u2019ve noticed snarls multiple times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In mid-October, Linn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/jussie-smollett-criminal-trial-judge-denies-dismiss-case\">denied Smollett\u2019s final attempt<\/a> to get the charges against him dismissed after Smollett\u2019s attorney, Nenye Uche, noted Smollett had already performed community service and paid $10,000 bond \u2014 referring to a sweetheart deal with Cook County prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p>Linn \u201cexplained that the case was being handled by a special prosecutor who was appointed by a different judge and that he would not end that arrangement,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/judge-denies-jussie-smolletts-last-ditch-effort-to-have-charges-dismissed\/https:\/dailywire.com\/news\/judge-denies-jussie-smolletts-last-ditch-effort-to-have-charges-dismissed\/\">The Daily Wire<\/a> noted, recalling:<\/p>\n<p><em>In January 2019, Smollett claimed he was walking alone at night in Deep Blue Chicago during a polar vortex when two supporters of former President Donald Trump \u2014 who apparently happened to be carrying rope and bleach in the event they saw someone to attack that particular night \u2014 recognized him and brutally attacked him while yelling racial and homophobic slurs.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Smollett returned to a friend\u2019s home and called the police, still wearing the noose that was apparently placed around his neck from his attackers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, one of the attorneys defending Jussie Smollett claimed that the judge in the case, Judge James Linn, \u201clunged\u201d at her in court, according to The New York Post. Smollett\u2019s attorneys also asked the judge to declare a mistrial, which he denied.\u201cThe odd fracas came in the midst of the defense\u2019s cross-examination of Olabinjo Osundairo, who claims\u00a0he was paid to help Smollett stage the hate crime, as attorney Tamara Walker grilled him about his alleged homophobia and past derogatory remarks toward suspected gay men,\u201d The New York Post reported. \u201cOsundairo, 30, had just acknowledged he used the word \u2018fruity a**\u2019 to refer to a man he suspected was gay and Walker asked if Smollett, who is openly gay,\u00a0knew he\u2019d said such things in the past.\u201dChicago Tribune criminal courts reporter Megan Crepeau outlined what happened next, tweeting, \u201cJudge Linn tries to hustle things along, saying Walker is getting into something \u2018collateral.\u2019 She asks for a sidebar, the jury is sent out of the room, and she asks for a mistrial \u2014 in part because of the \u2018collateral\u2019 comment.\u201dJudge Linn tries to hustle things along, saying Walker is getting into something &#8220;collateral&#8221;She asks for a sidebar, the jury is sent out of the room, and she asks for a mistrial \u2014 in part because of the &#8220;collateral&#8221; comment\u2014 Megan Crepeau (@crepeau) December 2, 2021Crepeau continued, \u201cWalker is also saying that Linn lunged at her during a sidebar: \u2018You did physically lunge at me.\u2019 Linn seems furious and is denying it outright.\u201dWalker is also saying that Linn lunged at her during a sidebar: &#8220;You did physically lunge at me.&#8221;Linn seems furious and is denying it outright.\u2014 Megan Crepeau (@crepeau) December 2, 2021Fox News correspondent Matt Finn echoed, \u201cRight now court is paused. Smollett attorney asked to compose herself. She claims judge lunged at her. Judge says he stood up.\u201dRight now court is paused. Smollett attorney asked to compose herself. She claims judge lunged at her. Judge says he stood up.\u2014 Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) December 2, 2021Crepeau added, \u201cChaos. Lots of cross-talk and people interrupting each other and high emotions. But essentially: Linn is denying the motion for a mistrial, is denying he lunged at anyone. \u2026 Linn is denying he made faces, denying he lunged at anyone, and definitely denying the motion for a mistrial. He was about to bring the jury back into the room but instead they\u2019re taking a bit of a recess.\u201dchaos\u2014 Megan Crepeau (@crepeau) December 2, 2021Lots of cross-talk and people interrupting each other and high emotions. But essentially: Linn is denying the motion for a mistrial, is denying he lunged at anyone.\u2014 Megan Crepeau (@crepeau) December 2, 2021Linn is denying he made faces, denying he lunged at anyone, and definitely denying the motion for a mistrial. He was about to bring the jury back into the room but instead they&#8217;re taking a bit of a recess.\u2014 Megan Crepeau (@crepeau) December 2, 2021Walker\u2019s fellow defense attorney Heather Widell accused the judge of visibly \u201csnarling\u201d when he sustained an objection from the prosecution, claiming, \u201cI\u2019ve noticed snarls multiple times.\u201dIn mid-October, Linn denied Smollett\u2019s final attempt to get the charges against him dismissed after Smollett\u2019s attorney, Nenye Uche, noted Smollett had already performed community service and paid $10,000 bond \u2014 referring to a sweetheart deal with Cook County prosecutors.Linn \u201cexplained that the case was being handled by a special prosecutor who was appointed by a different judge and that he would not end that arrangement,\u201d The Daily Wire noted, recalling:In January 2019, Smollett claimed he was walking alone at night in Deep Blue Chicago during a polar vortex when two supporters of former President Donald Trump \u2014 who apparently happened to be carrying rope and bleach in the event they saw someone to attack that particular night \u2014 recognized him and brutally attacked him while yelling racial and homophobic slurs.Smollett returned to a friend\u2019s home and called the police, still wearing the noose that was apparently placed around his neck from his attackers.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1080222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1080222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1080222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1080222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1080222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1080222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1080222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}